THE LEAF LETTUCES 
For bowl-tossed leafy salad blends we like the non-head- 
ing or Leaf Lettuces, their flavor, their texture and their 
mixing qualities. They are good, too, for serving in other 
ways, and of course one can begin eutting or pulling from 
a bed of Leaf Lettuces long before any of the heading kinds 
would have reached the firm, well-blanched stage. 
BLACK-SEEDED SIMPSON—Of excellent quality, making 
large bunches of tender, crispy, frilly green leaves. You 
can start cutting it while it is quite small. Pkt. 10c; 
1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 55c. 
PRIZEHEAD—Curly leaves, brittle, mild in flavor. The 
outside leaves are red-tinged, those within are soft green. 
An attractive sort. For cutting, notwithstanding its name, 
it does not head. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 lb. 55c. 
GRAND RAPIDS—Most handsome of the cutting or gar- 
nishing Lettuces, leaves excessively frilled, curled and crisp. 
Bright green. Very good quality. The only one of the Leaf 
Lettuces that is popular with market growers. Developed 
for hot bed and greenhouse use, but also does well in open 
garden. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. 60c; 1 Ib. $1.90. 
THE HEAD LETTUCES 
And there isn’t anything much 
better than well-grown, quickly 
grown Head Lettuce. Any garden 
can show fine heads. No secret 
to it. Just sow early on good soil, 
eultivate so that the Lettuce keeps 
growing thriftily and without 
eneck, and above all, be sure to 
thin so that each plant stands 
by itself, and several inches from 
its neighbor, distance depending 
on fertility and texture of soil. 
Head Lettuces are a bit difficult 
to produce in mot weeiner, vue 
note that some kinds are more 
heat resistant than are others. 
HANSON — An excellent crisp- 
head for home garden use. Splen- 
did salad quality, prittie, juicy, 
pleasantly flavored. Does particu- 
larly well in spring, and later 
sowings may usually be brought 
on for good fall use. Pkt. ive; 1 oz. 20c; 
NEW YORK 515—Perhaps choicest of the several good 
Lettuces of the Iceberg section, a high-quality, solid crisp- 
head of very large size, blanching to snowy whiteness, leaves 
that snap like ice flakes. Slightly frilled. It thrives under 
@ wide range of conditions, and it does well even in hot 
weather. Beside your early sowing, you should make an- 
other one during first week of August, this for autumn use. 
Resistant to tip burn. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c; % Ib. Tic; 
1 Ib. $2.60. Illustrated this page. 
IMPERIAL 44—A splendid Lettuce of the Iceberg type 
that does equally well on muck and on good upland soils, 
producing round, solid heads of the finest quality. Re- 
sistant to both summer heat and to leaf tip burn. Both 
this and the New York 515 are profitable sorts for the 
market grower. Pkt. 15c; 1 oz. 35c; %4 lb. $1.10. 
MAY KING—Earliest of the butter-head Lettuces. Quickly 
makes firm little heads with few outside leaves. Blanches 
to buttery richness. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 lb. 60c. 
WHITE BIG BOSTON—Rather new selection of a variety 
that has long, and for good reason, been a favorite for 
both home garden use and for market. Big heads, ex- 
ceedingly firm, that blanch to creamy yellow, rich-flavored, 
tender. Does well on either muck or upland soils. In this 
strain the outer leaves are all of a light green, none of the 
red-brown shading that the original type showed. Pkt. 10c; 
1 oz. 25c; % lb. 70c; 1 Ib. $2.40. 
MIGNONETTE—A delightful, and dependable little home 
garden butterhead of the very highest salad quality. Rather 
early. Outer leaves dark green with red tones, inner 
creamy white. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c. 
SALAMANDER—Best of the Butterheads for mid-summer, 
none other of this group is so resistant to heat. Makes 
round, ball-like heads, hard and golid, that blanch to creamy, 
% |b. 60ce. 
brittle butterness. Light green. Runs very even. Pkt. 
10c; 1 oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 65c. 
COS TRIANON—A self-folding variety of the Cos or 
Romaine type, by many esteemed as the best in flavor of 
all. Distinctive, foot-long upright heads. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c. 

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CELERY-LETTUCE 
Here we list the famed Celtuce, a tall-growing Lettuce 
from China that will yield new taste thrills. The leaves 
from young plants may be pulled off and used as salad, 
quality good, but the really desired part is the tall, thick, 
crispy-cool center stem. The stem must be peeled before 
using. Then break it into four-inch fragments, split it if 
you wish, and eat with salt, celery fashion, or if you prefer, 
serve it with salad dressing. Again it may be cooked 
in any of manners widely varied, as of Asparagus, Broccoli, 
Eggplant, and whatever the simulation, it is delicious, and 
individual, always. Just as easy to grow as the easiest 
of Lettuces. Salad strips of Celtuce are illustrated on page 
one of this catalog. Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 85c¢; % oz. 65c. 
MUSKMELONS 
Cantaioupes, if you prefer, can be the name, for the terms 
as generally used today, have come to mean one and the 
same thing. 
MILWAUKEE MARKET—A rather large, fairly early melon 
of the very highest possible quality. We don’t mean that 
every one will be superlative, that is too much to expect of 
any lot of melons, but the aver- 
age with this one will be unusual- 
ly high. To insure that, so far 
as we can, we offer this season 
only seeds of it from hand-cut, 
individually inspected melons, 
necessarily a little more costly to 
produce than the regular com- 
mercial grade that we supplied 
last season, though that came 
only from most careful profes- 
sional growers. Fruits average 8 
inches in diameter, with very 
thick, fine-grained flesh that is 
rich, melting, honey-sweet. A 
home garden melon, shell not hard 
enough for shipping. Pkt. 15c; 
1 oz. 80c; %4 Ib. 95c. 
LAKE CHAMPLAIN—An extra 
early melon of very good eat- 
ing quality. Medium size, well 
netted, sweet golden orange flesh. 
One of the better home garden 
melons for cold climate, short 
eason areas, or to start off the 
%& 2 season anywhere.Pkt. 10c; 
1 oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c; 1, Ib. $1.95. 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN—A splendid melon, one of the 
newer sorts, early enough to do well in the North, and of 
rugged vigor, setting a heavy crop even when conditions 
seem all against it. The fruits are almost round, about 
64% inches in diameter, and very heavy because of the 
small, almost tiny, seed cavity. Flesh is orange, sugar- 
sweet, as rich in flavor as it is in color. Strong, firm rind 
of blue-gray coloring, well-netted. Good equally in the 
home garden, or as a market sort. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c; 
% Ib. 75c; 1 lb. $2.50. Illustrated next page. 
FORDHOOK—An extra early sort with sweet, spicily aro- 
matic meat. Flattened fruits with broad ribs, heavily 
netted. Good garden sort, and also quite popular with 
truckers who grow for nearby markets. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 
25c; %4 Ib. T5e. 
EXTRA EARLY HACKENSACK—Our earliest green-meat- 
ed melon, | a hardy and dependable sort, tolerant of ad- 
verse conditions. Flesh is thick, very juicy and sweet. Quite 
large fruits, slightly flattened, broadly ribbed, well netted. 
Pkt.-10c; 1 oz..25c; 14 Ib. 70c. 
ROCKYFORD or NETTED GEM—The true, original Rocky 
Ford melon, long known for excellence in both flavor and 
shipping quality. Thick green meat. Oval fruits, 144 to 2 
Ibs., with thick silvery netting. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % Jb. 
(Ye ahs Wey Eyal). 
HONEY DEW—A long-keeping, high quality melon of dis- 
tinctive rather rich, always sweet, flavor. It should complete 
ripening off the vine, usually at its best about ten days after 
picking. Does very well in warm climates, not so well in 
the North, though it can be handled there by starting 
ee pelee and transplanting. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 25c; 
4 iD. c. 
PERSIAN-—Very large fruits, to ten pounds of weight, 
usually perfect spheres, heavily netted. Thick pink meat 
of luscious sweetness. Will keep for a time after picking. 
Needs a long season, and will need very special attention 
if attempted in the North. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 26c. 
